THE QUR'AN COMMENTARY OF SAYYID 'ALI MUHAMMAD, THE BAB

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" THE QUR'AN COMMENTARY OF SAYYID 'ALI MUHAMMAD, THE BAB "
B. T. Lawson

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1103724
Doc. No	:	TLpq275557455
Main Entry	:	B. T. Lawson
Title & Author	:	THE QUR'AN COMMENTARY OF SAYYID 'ALI MUHAMMAD, THE BAB\ B. T. Lawson
College	:	McGill University (Canada)
Date	:	1987
student score	:	1987
Degree	:	Ph.D.
Page No	:	1
Abstract	:	The Babi religion had, during its brief life, a tremendous impact on Iranian society. Its founder, Sayyid 'Ali Muhammad, the Bab (1819-1850) wrote a great many works of several kinds. Of his major writings, the two earliest are partial commentaries on the Qur'an. The following study examines these two remarkably different commentaries in an attempt to appreciate the Bab's attitudes towards the Qur'an, Islam, and himself. The earliest work, the Tafsi r surat al-baqara, was written before the Bab had publicized a claim to messiahship. In the Tafsi r surat Yusuf, written only a short time later, this claim is made explicit. The radical difference in the style of the two commentaries, which may be seen as a reflection of a development in the Bab's perception of himself, is analyzed.
Subject	:	Philosophy, religion and theology
	:	Religious history